Articles from Argentina
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 November 2011 EI President calls for a commitment to public education in Argentina
EI’s Argentinian affiliate, SUTEBA, organised an international forum on quality public education in Buenos Aires, on 24-25 November.
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Standards and working conditions 14 November 2011 Argentina: Teachers challenge privatisation
Teachers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have announced plans to strike from 16-17 November against a bill that will establish a computerised rating system to decide teachers’ employment and promotion.
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Union renewal and development 17 June 2011 Latin America: Regional Conference defends public education
Among the outcomes of EI’s eighth Latin America Regional Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were statements to defend quality public education, support for teachers in disputes across the region, and a proposal to revitalise the Latin American educational movement.
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Equity and inclusion 8 June 2011 Latin America: Women’s Networks keep moving for equality
The Southern Cone Women’s Network of EI’s Latin America Region met from 6-7 June in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to evaluate the results and challenges of EI’s World Women’s Conference held in Thailand in January 2011.
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Equity and inclusion 30 March 2011 Defending Indigenous children’s righs to education
Case study Argentina: interview with Epifania Galian
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Equity and inclusion 13 September 2010 Women's network raises key debate in Latin America
EI Latin America (IEAL) Women’s Network has celebrated its fourth Southern Cone regional meeting in Argentina from 8 to 9 September.
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Standards and working conditions 14 April 2010 Argentine teachers strike for decent pay
In the San Luis Province, Cuyo Region, in central-western Argentina, teachers have been staging a strike and holding mass rallies for five consecutive weeks. Their actions enjoy the support of 90% of the profession.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 September 2009 Three questions to Argentinian EFAIDS Coordinator Roxana Rogalski
Roxana Rogalski of the Argentinian teacher union federation, CTERA, shares her experience of working on the EI EFAIDS Programme in Argentina.
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Union growth 11 July 2008 Argentina: Murderer of teacher Carlos Fuentealba sentenced to life in prison
The convicted murderer of Argentine teacher Carlos Fuentealba has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in Neuquén, the city in which he was killed during a peaceful teacher union demonstration last year.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 March 2008 Argentina: EI welcomes new law on free transport for HIV patients
EI welcomes the recent law passed by the Buenos Aires authorities which will guarantee free transport for HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis, and long-term cancer sufferers in the Argentine capital.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 October 2007 Argentina: CTERA Steps Up AIDS Prevention Efforts
Over the last month, EI's affiliate in Argentina, CTERA, has been involved in a number of new initiatives related to HIV prevention.
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Union growth 10 October 2007 Argentina: Carlos Fuentealba remembered
Teachers in Argentina joined a national strike convened by EI affiliate CTERA on October 4th to demand that those responsible for the assassination of Carlos Fuentealba be brought to justice.
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Standards and working conditions 11 April 2007 Argentina: Nation-wide teacher strike against police violence
EI strongly condemned the recent use of violence by the police in Argentina to disperse a peaceful demonstration. The violence resulted in the death of a teacher.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 July 2006 New Argentine law reaffirms government's commitment to public education
EI representatives meeting with the Argentine president on 26 July welcomed a new education law that reaffirms government's responsibility to provide quality public education for all. President Nestor Kirchner and Education Minister Daniel Filmus met with an EI delegation gathered in Buenos Aires for a workshop on challenges facing education...
New Argentine law reaffirms government's commitment to public education